my name is susanna russo. i currently have i believe it's seat number 2 on the commission of animal control and welfare. i would like to make one change for the record. i am not applying for seat number 7. despite the fact that i'm a veterinarian, i am retired and i don't practice in san francisco. so, i think that was an error perhaps made by the clerk, but i'm only applying or hoping for seat 1 or 2. in terms of my background, i have been a lifelong animal welfare advocate, certainly since the age of 7 when i started advocating for a donkey and a burrough that lived next to me in rhode island. i was instrumental in shepherding the ban on de-clawing of cats several years ago in the city. last night i found myself shepherding racoons and cats not only out of my yard but out of my house first. i consider that the quintessential san francisco animal experience. so, in terms of experience, i've spent the last two years navigating a large and steep learning curve sunshine law, the health codes, learning to build c